Previous | Next | Contents > Creating Data Backups
To create a backup archive, you should pass through the steps described below.
Choose Backup > New in the menu or click on the New Backup Project tag at the bottom of the main program window.
Way 1: drag files or folders from Finder into the backup content list.
Way 2: click the "+" button below the list, or choose the Backup > Add File menu.
Way 3: drag the icon of a pre-defined set of files from the top of the main window into the list.
To delete an item from the list, select it and click the "-" button below the list (or choose Backup > Remove File).
Note that there is another way to exclude files or folders from the backup archive but keeping them listed in the project. It is described in the following step.
To preview the detailed list of files and folders added to the project, double-click on the list in the main window. Or choose Backup > Review Content. The detailed list allows you to expand folders and see their content.
You can exclude files from the archive manually. To do this, deselect check boxes next to the files you want to exclude. Files can also be excluded automatically. You can change the type of automatically excluded files in the Backup Properties dialog.
The detailed description of this dialog can be found in The Backup Content List.
To open the Backup Properties dialog, click Properties in the main window or choose Backup > Properties/Schedule menu item.
In the dialog, you can set up:
The detailed description of these features can be found in The Backup Properties.
New projects should be saved for future use. To save the project, choose Backup > Save Project menu item.
The program saves a new project automatically when you start the creation of a backup archive.
To create a backup archive, click the Start button.
If you have activated the creation of backup archives by the schedule, the process will start automatically at the stated time.